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Azerbaijan and OSCE to sign Memorandum of Understanding on organizationâ€™s activity as Project Co-ordinator in Baku

29 October 2013 15:44 (UTC +04:00)

The OSCE Secretariat is discussing a Memorandum of Understanding, and hopes that it will be signed soon, the OSCE press service told APA.

Decides to transform the OSCE Office in Baku, upon the expiration of its existing mandate on 31 December 2013, into an OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, which will perform the following tasks: To support co-operation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the OSCE and its institutions aimed at implementing OSCE principles and commitments; To carry out planning and implementation of projects between relevant authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the OSCE and its institutions. Such projects will cover all three dimensions of the OSCE’s comprehensive security concept, taking into account the needs and priorities of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan; To that end to maintain contacts with governmental as well as non-governmental bodies, local authorities, universities, research institutions and NGOs of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku will be headed by a Co-ordinator who will be based in Baku together with his/her international and local staff.

Modalities for the new form of co-operation based on this Permanent Council decision will be further elaborated in a separate Memorandum of Understanding to be signed by the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the OSCE. The mandate of the future OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku will enter into force on 1 January 2014 for an initial period of twelve months and with the possibility of subsequent extensions for one-year periods by mutual agreement between the OSCE and the Republic of Azerbaijan.